A Guide to the W. Herbert Dunton Papers, 1914, 1941
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Dunton, W. Herbert, 1878-1936 | |
| Title: | Dunton, W. Herbert, Papers | |
| Dates: | 1914, 1941 | |
| Abstract: | Two bound volumes of transcribed articles comprise the W. Herbert Dunton Papers, 1914, 1941, documenting Dunton’s literary work. | |
| Accession No.: | 1941 | |
| OCLC No.: | ||
| Extent: | 2 items | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Western author and artist W. Herbert “Buck” Dunton (1878-1936) was born in Augusta, Maine and studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts. Known for his paintings of Native Americans and the American Southwest, he joined the Taos art colony in Taos, New Mexico in 1912 and was a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists.
Source: “W. Herbert Dunton - Biography.” The Dunton Homesite. Accessed May 18, 2011. http://www.dunton.org/whd_exhibit/whd_biography.htm.
Scope and Contents
Two bound volumes of transcribed articles comprise the W. Herbert Dunton Papers, 1914, 1941, documenting Dunton’s literary work. Originally appearing in Scribner’s Magazine in 1914, his articles detail aspects of life in the West, such as wildlife, hunting, and rodeos.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Dunton, W. Herbert, 1878-1936 -- Archives. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Frontier and pioneer life in literature. | ||
| Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Taos. | ||
| Scribner's Magazine | ||
| Places | ||
| Taos (N.M.) | ||
| New Mexico -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
W. Herbert Dunton Papers, 1914, 1941, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s “History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project,” 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory | |||||||||||||
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| 2Q499 | Bound transcriptions of articles (2 copies), 1941 | ||||||||||||